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Re: 2012-2013 NCAA Basketball Thread

Seriously, quit the storming the court if you're any sort of a big name, decent team, I don't get it. NC State doesn't need to do it against Duke, Maryland doesn't need to do it against NC State, Butler doesn't need to do it (I'd barely even say its an upset at all). It just looks lame to me.

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

Re: 2012-2013 NCAA Basketball Thread

I will just put this out there. At the start of the year a lot of people bemoaned the lack of one dominant team as if it meant it was a down year in basketball, but I have to say I couldn't disagree more at this point. I think this is a very deep talented field and you could probably make an argument that 15-20 teams have a real shot at being in Atlanta this year.

Re: 2012-2013 NCAA Basketball Thread

I will just put this out there. At the start of the year a lot of people bemoaned the lack of one dominant team as if it meant it was a down year in basketball, but I have to say I couldn't disagree more at this point. I think this is a very deep talented field and you could probably make an argument that 15-20 teams have a real shot at being in Atlanta this year.

I'd say more than 20 teams. A couple years ago an 8 and a 11 seed made the tourney. This year I won't count out anyone 1 seed through 13 seed.

Re: 2012-2013 NCAA Basketball Thread

Seriously, quit the storming the court if you're any sort of a big name, decent team, I don't get it. NC State doesn't need to do it against Duke, Maryland doesn't need to do it against NC State, Butler doesn't need to do it (I'd barely even say its an upset at all). It just looks lame to me.

The Butler deal the other night seemed to be a purely organic and reactionary result of the manner in which they won. If it doesn't come down to a shot like that to win the game, you wouldn't have had any reason to worry. The emotion of what was most certainly the most hyped game in Hinkle Fieldhouse since I've been going to games in the last 20 some odd years boiled over and I see nothing wrong with that. I had no problem with IU storming the court last year against Kentucky for the same reason. It wasn't planned. It just happened.

Of course, not all people feel the same way. A respected IU blogger was sure to tweet just how "poor form" he felt it was and how there was "no comparison" between this and the Kentucky game. Which is particularly funny to me considering how similar the circumstances between those two games appeared but more because of what happened in the 2009-2010 IU game against Minnesota.

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Re: 2012-2013 NCAA Basketball Thread

I'm a bit of a stickler about storming the floor, but I woulda rushed at Hinkle too. It wasn't an upset celebration deal, it was HOLY **** DID YOU SEE THAT?! I CAN'T SIT STILL! GameDay was there, national TV , insane finish, the excitement had been building all day.

But yeah, somebody let Maryland know we don't rush the floor for beating the 14th ranked team in the country at home in the Big Ten, Penn State wouldn't even do that, all dozen people there to take part. You're Maryland, not North Dakota State or something, you're a good program.

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I'm the biggest stickler about storming a court, but the moment was so overwhelming. I never thought that I would be at a sporting event where something like that would ever happen again. It was such a euphoric moment that storming the court was almost necessary. I think even the biggest sticklers would have no problem with it. In December it will be looked at as one of the best sports moments of the year. I'm glad I was able to participate in storming the court.

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I'm just going to throw this out there. I think Kansas is probably the sneakiest very good team in the nation. I know they've been highly ranked for a while so no one is sleeping on them, but I don't hear the Jayhawks talked about much either. Sure, they're not perfect, but I don't think there is a perfect team right now. Withey is a darned good player who sets the tone for that team.

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Re: 2012-2013 NCAA Basketball Thread

What is the vibe around the UK team right now Darren? I understand they won the title last year, but it is also UK and we know your fan base has a low tolerance for coming up short. Are people accepting that this is just a rebuilding year most likely or are there folks who are overreacting?

He's going to get off the hook though... The NCAA enforcement division has been slipping pretty badly since Dr. Emmert took over. Brand and Dr. Isch during his interim presidency wouldn't have stood for this and what happened with the Muhammad case.

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LOL DUKE!! Down 34 points with a minute to go in Miami!

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